Relationship between the scavenging coefficient for pollutants in precipitation and the radar reflectivity factor. Part I: Derivation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1421-1434

  Jylhä, Kirsti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; REFLECTIVITY; SCAVENGING;

EID: 0033393325     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1421:RBTSCF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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